Palaces of Time - Jewish Calendar and Culture in Early Modern Europe

Informationen zum Autor Elisheva Carlebach is Salo W. Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society at Columbia University. Klappentext "Palaces of Time "resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars! to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Zusammenfassung Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars! to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time.

Product details

• Authors: Elisheva Carlebach, Carlebach Elisheva
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674052543
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05254-3
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 263 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, c 1500 onwards to present day, Judaism, Social and cultural history, Sociology & anthropology, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities